The Benefits of Water Workouts

'According to the American Council on Exercise, during a water workout, your heart rate will be reduced by as much as 17 beats per minute compared to a land workout, so be sure to keep this in mind if you use your heart rate to gauge your intensity.

You’ll need to listen to your body—as opposed to relying solely on your heart rate—to know when you've had enough.

Other studies about water exercise have been equally favorable. For example, high-intensity deep-water training improved aerobic capacity in a group of 29 healthy elderly women.5 In another study, swimmers were found to have about half the risk of death of inactive people.'